This is the 1232nd most frequent Korean word.
직원이
"Employee."
In this sentence, '직원이' refers to 'the employee' or 'staff' as the subject who performed the action of helping, marked by the subject marker '이'.
직원이 친절하게 도움을 주었습니다.
The staff kindly offered assistance.
Here, '직원이' denotes 'employees' in general as the subject who are insufficient, again marked by '이' for subject emphasis.
직원이 부족한 매장이 있습니다.
There are stores with insufficient employees.
In this example, '직원이' points to 'the employee' as the subject who is speculated to have the ability to resolve the issue, highlighted by '이' to indicate the subject.